Investigating the A-Type Stars Using Kepler Data

Simon Murphy's thesis has significant impact on the wide use of the revolutionary Kepler Mission data, leading to a new understanding in stellar astrophysics.  It first provides a deep characterisation and comparison of the Kepler long cadence and short cadence data, with particular insight int...

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Main Author: Murphy, Simon J. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Edition:1st ed. 2015.
Series:Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09417-5
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgements
  • Prologue
  • A Fourier view of Kepler data
  • An observational review of rotation in A stars
  • A selective review of spectral peculiarities in the A stars
  • A pulsation review of delta Scuti and related stars
  • Kepler catalogues and published case studies
  • Conclusions and Future Work
  • Index.